St. Paul daily globe., 1887-07-08
Gladstone's Speech on the Irish Crimes
Bill in the Commons Mag
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Which Forced the Tribute of Applause
Even from His Pronounced
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the third reading of the crimes bill, Mr..
Gladstone, amid prolonged cheers,
made cOunter-motion that the bill be
read third time this day three months.
Mr.. Gladstone said the bill was the Con-
Servative alternative to home rule, and
therefore bore different aspect from
any ordinary coercion bill. The old CO.
erciOn measures had been aimed at
crime only, but this new one passing
beyond crime, aimed at societies. [Cries
of Hear" Hear Further the bill
had been brought in without any foun-
datiOn such as underlaid all former CO.
ercion bills based on the existence of eX-
ceptional crime. Mr.. BalfOur had dis
regarded all precedents requiring that
the Introduction of coercion measures
be prefaced by a statement OF eXcep-
tiOnal crime. Mr.. Gladstone maintained
that
THE INCREASE OF CRIME
1856 over 1885, in view of the agricult-
ural distress in Ireland was exceed
ingly small. Comparing the officials of
the Tory government in power in Ire
land in 1885 with those in power the
first five months of 1887, there was
marked decrease in the amount of
agrarian crimes. Yet i'll 1885 they had
refrained from introducing a coercion
measure from motives of policy. A
comparison of past and present StatiS
ties afforded no shadow of Justification
for the present measure. Another con-
trast was that past parliaments had
been nearly unanimous in asserting to
coercion, while this bill was opposed by
large minority in the house and by Il
large majority of the people of the
cOuntry-a majority that was not likely
to diminish. [Cheersl. If parliament
entertained any regard for the tradi-
tions of liberty or of party usages, the
measure would be abandoned. What
could they urge to warrant such inva-
sion of the peoples liberties? While
reSenting the imputation that
the Liberals had done the same thing
he would admit that past measures had
been failures. Among the differences
between the past and the present was
VicerOy master of the whole law and
right of association. In the present
century such proposal was an outrage
upon every principle of public
duty. Moreover, new offences were
created under the measure. The attOr-
ney general for Ireland had admitted,
and it was too late to deny, that the bill
aimed at the suppression of exclusive
dealings. That was
FAR MORE PARDoNABLE
in the weak and poor than in the rich
and powerful. But it was the exclusive
dealings of the poor against the strong
at which the bill aimed. If new crime
were created the measure for its sup
preston should operate impartially.
tCheers. The government did not dare to
lift finger in defense of the suggestion
that it apply to England provision such
as it was forcing upon Ireland. He con-
tended that the government was bound
to extend to the eccupiers of land in Ire
land perfect equality with English
trades unions as regards the rights and
practices enjoyed by the latter, among
which combination and exclusive deal
ing were sanctioned. AS the bill stood
if an IriShman joined an association it
was for Mr.. BalfOur to say whether or
not he became criminal by the act.
TCheers.l In conclusion. Mr.. Gladstone
said that Irelaud, after seventy years of
oppression and wrong was in a state of
misery and wretchedneSs. [CrieS of
''hear, heart In the whole British
empire, he said, there was not square
yard of land which England held by
force alone, excepting i'll Ireland, where
lOICt WIS Cu.
cheers from the Irish benches. Ireland
was
HELD BY MASTERY
lent the government refused to learn
that mastery involved responsibility.
[Cries of Hear. Hear!'] They knew
that the whole literature of the world
was against them. [Cries of NO! NO."]
He challenged the government to men
ton any authority who had reviewed
the relations between England and Ire |
land without arriving at home rule So
luton. [Cheers.] The Tories professed |
to be fighting for the union of the em-
pire, fight in which the Liberals |
joined. Laughter and cheers.] The !
union was ridiculed. 1t was evident |
that the present state of affairs couldn't |
last long, as Mr.. Gladstone believed that |
every day tended to bring the Tories
nearer their doom. Mr.. Gladstone !
then moved for the rejection
of the bill and cheers from the Liberal
and Parnellite benches. Mr.. BalfOur. !
replying to Mr.. Gladstone first, referred |
to the charge that the government had |
brought in the bill as an alternative to i
Mr.. Gladstone's home-rule proposals.
If that was the case, he said, he felt
justified in saying that it was sufficient
to recommend the measure to the ac-
ceptance of the house. The government
was mainly justified i'll introducing its
proposals by the
STATE OF SOCIAL TYRANNY
which had recently been created in Ire
land, tyranny that attacked the rights
and liberties of minoritieS and most of
those elementary principles without
which country could never be
He contended that crime
was worse now in Ireland than
in 1870, when Mr.. Gladstone promised
coercion. He taunted Mr.. Gladstone
with having introduced in 1881 an arbi-
trary cOercive measure which enabled
the Irish chief secretary to impriSOn
at will. He ridiculed the COM
parison that had been made between
trades unions and societies whose object
was the diSmemberment Of the empire
and which were supported by foreign
ers. The trades unions might well be
indignant at comparison of their
honest. peaceful efforts with those of
bOycOtters and political cOnSpiratorS.
Mr. Gladstone had made an insiduous
and inaccurate statement regarding this
years crime in Ireland. Early in
the year there was visible i'm
but at the last quarter ses-
sion there were evidences of relapse.
In June SiXty-two serious crimes were
ten above the average of the
previous eighteen months.
GLADsToNE's SPEECH.
in the commons tonight, though newt
ably travelling over old ground, was a
clear and lucid presentation
Of the arguments agaist the bill. The
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